Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-02

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cap pulled close over his head: his coat was
buttoned over his whiskers: at first | thought
IL wss CAvanaugh: }. IA. Merrill identified
the body rs that of iladduck it was fairly
light: think 1t would have been hard TO ideu-
tiiy ones features off at "A distance; the
lamp at tie Columbia house corner was burn.
iDG: sa~ blood Oh face before IL was washed
his care laid on the sidewalk in center OF
Water street; iieitfeIdt picked up n small,
iron gear wheel near the too iy: sent the
Buchanan boy for Or. Commit; the rubber
coat WAS buttoned when | got there; it was
Tuesday night, August 3D.; it was fifteen or
twenty minutes past 10 o'clock: | was in the
court room Tuesday afternoon; Haddock
was testifying that afternoon.
Cross-eXamined-Describcd the small iron
would weigh about one and a
half pounds; 1t was delivered to the coroner;
| sent for DR.. Commit, whom | then though,
was the coroner: the boy Buchanan came into
the crowd after ! was there.
DIR. II. X. COMMIT SWORN.
Am a practicing physician: knew Haddock
and where be lived: heard of Haddoch's
death between II and 10 O'Clock the night OF
August 3; was at DR.. Begg's residence; |
was In my Office up TO 9 p. III the word was
brought me by 20 iceman Heitfeldt; | then
went with bin To the scene Of the murder;
James Melon, Wm. Davenport and others
we're there: the body was living head on side
7" ain hUu Itcl III gutter Dt WAS uttu was
c lvere'i with llanket or gum coat; tried To
lind place Of il jury | took his effects and
turned his body over TO the undertaken to
take him to his home; it was IA dark, rainy
night; II was quite dark at this corner; did
not accompany body 10 home; saw body AT
house; took off coat and found wound; the
wound was made by a bullet; IL entered Just
above left clHyiclc, and came out near bss, Of
right ear: found no other wound; next morn
ing examined the body in presence OF Drs.
kuott, Savage and Bergen; the crrouer's in.
quest was In session; his head WAS clothed
With blood, and blood was all over his person:
the wound was fatal IN its character; death
resulted from htmmorrhage.
DIR A c. EIGEN
testified as to his examination OF the body
after death.
DEPUTY MARSHAL A. LAGER.
Was at the council the evening of the muir
der: was on Pearl near Fourth when ! beard
tn shot; | hurried down to Fourth street;
louk, q down towards water; saw a window of
the Lone Star restaurant 20 no, and heard a
woman say some one has been shot: found
Haddock on walk being held up by Jack Ryan /;
Jarvis brought pail OF water from street;
Paddock was sitting on walk beirg held by
Ryan; he was leaning forward, bleeding at the
mouth. | spoke TO him; he made q gurgliug
noise and only lived a few seconds. Drs
Knott and Savage came up and laid
him down. Merrill was the first man
to identity the body. His pum coat was but
toned; / remained there only a few minutes;
/ heard the shot about 1920; | saw the
wheel; also the cane which was picked up
near the center Of Water street. (Wheel
shown wiiness.) He thought it WAS the
same one he saw on the night OF the murder.
Cross.examined: DIR. Bowhill was there;
Melon came shortly after | arrived At the
scene.
REV. c. c. TURNER.
Preacher OF the gospel; lived here since one
year ago last fall; anne from Clarion, la
was acquainted with iddock: had known
him about "A year before he came here; he
came here one year ago last Oc-
tOber; | was well acquainted with
him; heard Of MS death next morning before
! was out of led; Richard Fisher tod me; !
Saw Haddock about fifteen minut befor, his
death; II was on Go, X street, at No7l5; he was
in a buggy driving away; | had been with
him that evening; ! saw him in tie court
room the day preceding his death; saw him
during the Injunction trials Of Henry Sher-
man, Mag. Willis and Fred Lcrch; Haddock
took a very prominent part in these cases In
securing evidence and AS "A witness
and assisting the prosecution: there
were n number Of ladies in the court
room Monday and Tuesday; Haddock was a
witness n different cases; the room was full
Vi H'bIIt litE'ldNs Wv Elfhl luLtItEL IhdIl'
tested III the cases; ! was with him at various
places when he was trying to secure evidence;
| saw him looking into windows and doors OF
saloons to see what was going on; | saw Had
dock at the Hubbard house I'm the evening; |
saw him just after court adj burned in the az
jcrnOon 81 the Hubbard house; it was be-
tween : and 5, in ID. w. Woods room and I'm
the hall; | heard he and Wood talking in
reference to securing evidence; after we left
tue Hubbard house ee went to Merrill's sta.
ble, on Water street, where w secured a
single rig, top buggy with sorrel
horse; drove the horse; / gave
my name at the stable; the buggy
had a curtain on right side; Had
dock sat on this side; ] was or left side; on
this side there was no curtain: We drOve north
and east to Haddock's house on Seventh
street. He went in; changed his clothes; il
was a rainy, dark night; ! did not get cut Of
buggy: bis wife and old mother were there:
Haddock got into buggy we drove away (the
witness describes route taken to Greenville)
and went to kelley's saloon. He here got OUT
of buggy TO obtain evidence, and looked into
window Of kellcy's saloon; drove
about until Haddcck had got
The evidence desired; we came
back and drove to Fishers saloon; he got out
to obtain evidence; we got evidence, turned
arounC aud came ack to Third street;
liaddock bad a cane t1at nj hi; he also
had a weapon; (the iron wheel shown
Hitness) he Identifies ii as the one that Had
dock had.
Cross examincd-The wheel n W looks the
same as on the night | saw ii in Haddock's
posse ssion; our TIP on the night of August
"a consumed between one and two hours il
was about 10 O'Clock when | reached home,
Paddock was outside of kelicy's saloon
locking In at the window; he was here about
twenty minutes; at Fishers saloon he re-
NAMED only a few minutes.
WESLEY UITCHNER
testified cone -rnipg the hiring OF the horse
and buggy at MerrilPs stable.
TuUMA JARVIS (COLORED).
Have been working AT Merrlil's stable over
a year; Turner and Haddock got the rig; q
party had been there ipqniring II the rig had
been returned; the man who was killed WAS
the same that returned the horse and buggy;
two or three men were standing on the
street opposite the stable; saw parties
north GA Water street after the
also across the vscaut lot on the
corner Of Water and Fourth. There must
have been six OF them; Haddock was near the
center Of Fourth st eet when | saw him; he
staggered and fell; heard a gurgling noise;
the men ran 10 the vacant Tot, scattered and
part ran up Water street; there was q light
at the Columbi4 house corner; Haddock fell
three ines: first time on Fourth street; Jack
RYAN called to me to bring a light; we picked
him out OF the gutter, got water and washed
his face; he lived but II few moments: | did
not know that IL was Hadd0ck, but recognized
him as the mau who had just left the stable.
Cro-s-examination-Was unhitchiDg the